Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 12. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES · Chapter 5. WATER RESOURCES · Article 3. WELLS AND DRINKING WATER · Part 2. GROUND-WATER USE GENERALLY

12-5-90. Short title.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

This part shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Ground-water Use Act of 1972.’’

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1972, p. 976, § 1.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1992, ‘‘Ground-water’’ was substituted for ‘‘Ground Water’’.

Law reviews

For article, ‘‘Water Rights, Public Resources, and Private Commodities: Examining the Current and Future Law Governing the Allocation of Georgia Water,’’ see 38 Ga. L. Rev. 1009 (2004). For article, ‘‘Special Challenges to Water Markets in Riparian States,’’ see 21 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 305 (2004). For article, ‘‘Sharing Water Through Interbasin Transfer and Basis of Origin Protection in Georgia: Issues for Evaluation in Comprehensive State Water Planning for Georgia’s Surface Water Rivers and Ground-water Aquifers,’’ see 21 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 339 (2004).

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